musketeer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of musketeer
1580–90; musket + -eer; compare French mousquetaire, equivalent to mousquet musket + -aire -ary
Example Sentences
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“Why, I expect it is like The Three Musketeers, by Mr. Alexandre Dumas. There are four musketeers in it, despite the title. Poetic license, perhaps?”
From Literature
The three musketeers, meanwhile, continue their fascinating and painfully realistic friendship dance.
From Los Angeles Times
The saying "three is a crowd" seems not only to apply to "The Three Investigators" and the three musketeers.
From Science Daily
Ultimately, he finds himself in conflict with three musketeers who each challenge him to a duel.
From Los Angeles Times
A lone musketeer of disruption, he spouts mantras about the glory of “breaking stuff,” and cloaks his bottomless greed and shallow narcissism in showy messianic robes.
From New York Times
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